Big 12 Player of the Year | |
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Awarded for | the most outstanding baseball player in the Big 12 Conference |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Phillips 66 |
First awarded | 1997 |
Currently held by | Ivan Melendez, Texas |
The Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Year is a baseball award given to the Big 12 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1997 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 2001 season, the Big 12 Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year award was created to honor the most outstanding pitcher. It is selected by the league's head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players. [1]
† | Co-Players of the Year |
* | Awarded a national Player of the Year award: the Dick Howser Trophy or the Golden Spikes Award |
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point |
Because NCAA baseball is a spring sport, the year of joining is the calendar year before the first season of competition.
School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
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Nebraska (1996) a | 5 | 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 |
Baylor (1996) | 5 | 1998, 1999, 2001, 2012, 2019 |
Texas Tech (1996) | 4 | 1997, 2016, 2017, 2019 |
Texas (1996) | 3 | 2006, 2007, 2018 |
Texas A&M (1996) c | 3 | 1998, 2008, 2011 |
Kansas State (1996) | 2 | 2010, 2013 |
Oklahoma State (1996) | 2 | 2006, 2014 |
TCU (2012) | 2 | 2016, 2017 |
Missouri (1996) c | 1 | 2010 |
Oklahoma (1996) | 1 | 2009 |
Kansas (1996) | 0 | — |
West Virginia (2012) | 0 | — |
Iowa State (1996) b | 0 | — |
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